diff --git a/vars/stopComponentsLogs.groovy b/vars/stopComponentsLogs.groovy
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+// stops all the kail processes created by startComponentsLog
+
+def call(Map config) {
+
+    def defaultConfig = [
+        logsDir: "$WORKSPACE/logs",
+        compress: false, // wether to compress the logs in a tgz file
+    ]
+
+    def tag = "jenkins-"
+    println "Stopping all kail logging process"
+    sh """
+    P_IDS="$(ps e -ww -A | grep "_TAG=jenkins-kail" | grep -v grep | awk '{print $1}')"
+    if [ -n "$P_IDS" ]; then
+        for P_ID in $P_IDS; do
+            kill -9 $P_ID
+        done
+    fi
+    """
+    if (compress) {
+        sh """
+        tar czf ${logsDir}/combined.tgz *
+        rm *.log
+        """
+
+    }
+}
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